Ten of Cups Tarot Card Meaning and Art Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
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About the Deck
Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
These cards are featured in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot" by Loren Lundgren. I took the information for the meanings on these tarot cards from "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination", by A. E. Waite, 1911, now in the public domain. I edited the tarot card descriptions and meanings for clarity and brevity, modernizing the text. I scanned in the original black and white illustrations of the cards drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1911 book. I digitally retouched and painted those illustrations in detailed color.
Provenance
Loren Lundgren, © 2021
Description
Above are ten cups in a rainbow. This vision is contemplated in wonder and awe by a husband and wife below. His right arm is around her, his left raised upward. She raises her right arm. Two children dancing near them have not observed the miracle, but are happy in their own play. There is a home on the horizon.Meaning of Ten of Cups from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Whole-hearted peace and contentment; also perfection of human love and friendship; a person who is taking charge of the Querent's interests; also the town, village or country inhabited by the Querent.
Reversed
Indignation, violence.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Uncertainty.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations.
Reversed
Sorrow; also a serious quarrel.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Fidelity. Lovers. Friendships. Treachery.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
The Town wherein one resides, Honour, Consideration, Esteem, Virtue, Glory, Reputation
Reversed
Combat, Strife, Opposition, Differences, Dispute.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Antidote to bad cards; happiness and success
Reversed
passing worries.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
blessed with offspring; betrothal, merry weddings in the family; fortunate events occur in the family; joyful news; a great prize; a rich inheritance.
